Quantifying the Impact of Edge Computing on Mobile Applications

Authors : Wenlu Hu , Ying Gao , Kiryong Ha , Junjue Wang , + 4 , Brandon Amos , Zhuo Chen , Padmanabhan Pillai , Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Less) Authors Info & Claims

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Abstract

Computational offloading services at the edge of the Internet for mobile devices are becoming a reality. Using a wide range of mobile applications, we explore how such infrastructure improves latency and energy consumption relative to the cloud. We present experimental results from WiFi and 4G LTE networks that confirm substantial wins from edge computing for highly interactive mobile applications.

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